World’s First-ever Power Plant That Uses Coal Mine Ventilation Air as Fuel Now in Operation

Methane is a greenhouse gas over 20 times more potent than CO2. BHP Billiton can now convert the emission reduction to carbon credits corresponding to 250,000 tons of CO2e (CO2-equivalents). A VAM Power Plant treating the full volume of ventilation air can generate approximately one million carbon credits. In comparison, methane emissions of a cow amounts annually to between 1 and 2 tons of CO2e while a car annually generates emissions corresponding to a typical 2 to 4 tons of CO2e.